It’s Friday and that can only mean it’s time to share my week with you. This week at Mobile Tech Manor a fun OS update turned a UMPC into a brick. I read a lot of e-books which was appropriate given the many e-book readers… Read More »
Archive for August 2009
Read between the lines of the ZigBee Alliance’s announcement last month of its intention to draft a standard for energy-harvesting devices — which can capture and store energy from external sources like the sun and movement — and here’s what you’ll find: The market for… Read More »
Usually when IBM catches our eye with a cleantech play these days, it’s related to the smart grid: Big Blue has developed a variety of software to give utilities more intelligence on the power grid, and the computing giant’s Energy & Utilities chief, Guido Bartels, ranks… Read More »
Rocketing to early fame on YouTube could lead to three things: living the dream, getting disappointed and moving on, or milking your one hit for all it’s got — at least according to a sample set of four surveyed by CNET’s Michelle Meyers. Unfortunately, none… Read More »
The quality of software will soon drive consumers’ purchase of cell phones, much like the availability of specific games has determined which consoles people buy, says Peter Farago, vice president of marketing for Flurry, a company that provides information on which mobile platforms are attracting… Read More »
SPB Software, long known for quality Windows Mobile apps, has released its live television app for the Android platform. Spb TV makes over 100 international TV channels available on Android devices. There is a free version of the app that offers a restricted selection… Read More »
Yesterday, we looked at Paris Metro, supposedly the first augmented reality app officially available for the iPhone. Today, Robert Scoble uncovered an Easter egg that looks like it may grant that title to Yelp, which got a version update earlier this week… Read More »
The Facebook 3.0 iPhone application is finally available for download in the iTunes store. Though the app was submitted to Apple on Aug. 16, its release has been widely anticipated for months by iPhone users (especially Om). When we took it out for a test… Read More »
I attended the GigaOM Pro webinar earlier (which was great) and then needed to get out of the office. I am in the coffee shop working away on the loaner Viliv X70 UMPC, now that it’s back running Windows XP after my failed attempt to… Read More »
Penelope Trunk thinks that most of the career tools out there don’t cut it in today’s world. Every job site or social network requires a resume that follows a traditional format, but many of us can’t make our resumes fit that format. We no longer spend… Read More »
Music lovers on the go, rejoice! Apple has apparently let Spotify, which enables users to instantly stream entire albums and share custom playlists, put an app in the iTunes App Store. The decision comes a week after it was confirmed that Hutchinson Wampoa… Read More »
For those of you waiting with baited breath for Facebook 3.0, the time has come. Pretty much exactly in time for that two week turnaround estimate, too, despite fears it might not make it. Here’s a taste of what’s available with the new update: -… Read More »
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